Food, Desire, and Pleasure in the Taittirīya Upaniṣad.
The Ṛgveda, with its ritual transactions, is implicitly predicated on a view of pleasure, that is, transactional. Pleasure is the product of the rewards for giving in ritual contexts. The Taittirīya Upaniṣad (TU), in contrast, contains a more explicit consideration of pleasure. The text alludes to Ṛ...
| Published in: | International Journal of Hindu Studies Vol. 29; no. 3; pp. 325 - 343 |
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Springer Nature
Dec2025
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